CIA Memorial Wall

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CIA Memorial Wall

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{{Infobox military memorial|name=Memorial Wall|body=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|image=CIA Memorial Wall 2023.jpg|image_size=250px|caption=The wall with 140 stars in 2023|commemorates=CIA employees who died in the line of service|location=[[Langley, Virginia]]|unveiled=July 1975|designer=Harold Vogel|inscription="In honor of those members of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] who gave their lives in the service of their country"}}0x141445d9d206Ba7E5B62F55f5de82Dc455ec4e39 wor land attacks user
{{Infobox military memorial|name=Memorial Wall|body=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|image=CIA Memorial Wall 2023.jpg|image_size=250px|caption=The wall with 140 stars in 2023|commemorates=CIA employees who died in the line of service|location=[[Langley, Virginia]]|unveiled=July 1975|designer=Harold Vogel|inscription="In honor of those members of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] who gave their lives in the service of their country"}}
The '''Memorial Wall''' is a [[memorial]] at the [[George Bush Center for Intelligence|headquarters]] of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in [[Langley, Virginia]].{{Cite web |title=The Stars on the Wall — Central Intelligence Agency |url=https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2008-featured-story-archive/the-stars-on-the-wall.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114014129/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2008-featured-story-archive/the-stars-on-the-wall.html |archive-date=2009-01-14 |access-date=2026-03-10 |website=www.cia.gov |language=en}} The wall is located in the Original Headquarters Building lobby on the north wall. There are 140 stars{{Cite web |title=CIA Honors Fallen Officers in Annual Memorial Ceremony - CIA |url=https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/cia-honors-fallen-officers-in-annual-memorial-ceremony-2/ |access-date=2026-03-10 |website=www.cia.gov}} carved into the white [[Alabama marble]] wall,{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Shapira |title=CIA's Memorial Wall for Fallen Operatives Is Shaped by a Northern Virginia Stone Carver |newspaper=Washington Post |date=2014-05-22 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/cias-memorial-wall-for-fallen-operatives-is-shaped-by-a-northern-virginia-stone-carver/2014/05/22/b59d8be2-df74-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html |access-date=2014-05-23 |archive-date=2014-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523040124/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/cias-memorial-wall-for-fallen-operatives-is-shaped-by-a-northern-virginia-stone-carver/2014/05/22/b59d8be2-df74-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html |url-status=live }} each one representing an employee who died in the line of service. Paramilitary Operations Officers (PMOO) of the [[Special Activities Center]] comprise the majority of those memorialized.Gup, Ted (2000). ''The Book of Honor: Cover Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA.''
The '''Memorial Wall''' is a [[memorial]] at the [[George Bush Center for Intelligence|headquarters]] of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in [[Langley, Virginia]].{{Cite web |title=The Stars on the Wall — Central Intelligence Agency |url=https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2008-featured-story-archive/the-stars-on-the-wall.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114014129/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2008-featured-story-archive/the-stars-on-the-wall.html |archive-date=2009-01-14 |access-date=2026-03-10 |website=www.cia.gov |language=en}} The wall is located in the Original Headquarters Building lobby on the north wall. There are 140 stars{{Cite web |title=CIA Honors Fallen Officers in Annual Memorial Ceremony - CIA |url=https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/cia-honors-fallen-officers-in-annual-memorial-ceremony-2/ |access-date=2026-03-10 |website=www.cia.gov}} carved into the white [[Alabama marble]] wall,{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Shapira |title=CIA's Memorial Wall for Fallen Operatives Is Shaped by a Northern Virginia Stone Carver |newspaper=Washington Post |date=2014-05-22 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/cias-memorial-wall-for-fallen-operatives-is-shaped-by-a-northern-virginia-stone-carver/2014/05/22/b59d8be2-df74-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html |access-date=2014-05-23 |archive-date=2014-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523040124/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/cias-memorial-wall-for-fallen-operatives-is-shaped-by-a-northern-virginia-stone-carver/2014/05/22/b59d8be2-df74-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html |url-status=live }} each one representing an employee who died in the line of service. Paramilitary Operations Officers (PMOO) of the [[Special Activities Center]] comprise the majority of those memorialized.Gup, Ted (2000). ''The Book of Honor: Cover Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA.''


[[File:CIA Book of Honor open enlarge.jpg|thumb|CIA Book of Honor 1950–2003]]
[[File:CIA Book of Honor open enlarge.jpg|thumb|CIA Book of Honor 1950–2003]]

==Memorial==
==Memorial==
The wall bears the inscription "In honor of those members of the Central Intelligence Agency who gave their lives in the service of their country." The wall is flanked by the [[flag of the United States]] on the left and a flag bearing the CIA seal on the right.
The wall bears the inscription "In honor of those members of the Central Intelligence Agency who gave their lives in the service of their country." The wall is flanked by the [[flag of the United States]] on the left and a flag bearing the CIA seal on the right.
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